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TIL that Spotify's logo is crooked.

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oRNP7 TIL the term 'blood bath' references Roman bull sacrifices (2nd to 4th c.) in which a priest is entrenched below a bull slaughter to bathe in the blood - Taurobolium (Prudencius: Peristephanon)
DQPZe TIL Drake bought a “fantastical, forgotten amusement park” made by famous artists such as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Salvador Dali to name a few. The original park ran in Germany in 1987. You can go to see the original rides today in Los Angeles, at the carnival Luna Luna.
0wp9N TIL about the Dog's Bollocks, a defunct punctuation mark which appears in the Declaration of Independence and symbolizes a pause but fell to the wayside because of its phallic resemblance
v18v7 TIL that gold coins are carried by elite military units as emergency currency in war and conflict situations behind enemy lines
XEOYE TIL in 2006 a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover up the smell by lighting matches. When passengers alerted crew they could smell burning the flight made an emergency landing and the FBI were called in to conduct an investigation